ventricular assist device
noun
: a device that is implanted in the chest or upper abdomen to assist the left or right ventricle in pumping blood in a damaged or weakened heart
called also VAD
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Those with severe heart failure may consider a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), which helps pump blood throughout the body.
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Lambeth Hochwald, Health, 3 May 2024
On April 4, surgeons implanted the heart pump, a device called a left ventricular assist device or LVAD.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
The transplant surgery took place on April 12, eight days after the heart pump, called a left ventricular assist device, or LVAD, was implanted on April 4.
—Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2024
The first, on April 4, involved the surgical insertion of a device called a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), which helps pump blood from the lower left heart chamber to the rest of the body.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2024
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Lambeth Hochwald, Health, 3 May 2024
On April 4, surgeons implanted the heart pump, a device called a left ventricular assist device or LVAD.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
The transplant surgery took place on April 12, eight days after the heart pump, called a left ventricular assist device, or LVAD, was implanted on April 4.
—Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2024
The first, on April 4, involved the surgical insertion of a device called a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), which helps pump blood from the lower left heart chamber to the rest of the body.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2024
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ventricular assist device
noun
ventricular as·sist device
-ə-ˈsist- 
: a device that is implanted in the chest or upper abdomen to assist the left or right ventricle in pumping blood in a damaged or weakened heart
Researchers found that pumps known as ventricular assist devices, which are implanted without removing the patient's heart, were superior to drug therapy among the sickest patients.—Lawrence K. Altman, The New York Times
Lawrence K. Altman, The New York Timescalled also VAD
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